KGB officers wanted to learn about the American political system, and what people were thinking at the time, notes a longtime former agent. Just like what [the Russians] are doing now with Trump.Fri, 22 Feb 2019 05:00:48 -0500

The dramatic turn of events in the Jussie Smollett case was treated by Trump as a vindication, and disheartened gay rights and civil rights advocates who fear that it will discourage future victims of hate crimes from coming forward.Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:58:06 -0500

By her own estimate, Elizabeth Catlin has attended more than 500 births for a community of Mennonite women in upstate New York, who are uncertain how they will deliver their babies without her.Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:01:21 -0500

California is in play in next years Democratic primary, which has been moved up from June to Super Tuesday, March 3. Kamala Harris has the inside track in her home state, but others, notably Elizabeth Warren, are already preparing to contest it.Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:35:41 -0500

Former RNC chairman Michael Steele has a vantage point on national politics that few others have, one that allows him to survey the forces aligning for and against Trump.Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:54:47 -0500

President Trump reacted Thursday to the news that Jussie Smollett has been charged with falsifying a police report alleging he was attacked by men who made a reference to the presidents Make America Great Again campaign slogan.Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:54:21 -0500

The Trump administration plans to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, but experts believe its addition would have dire consequences for communities with large numbers of immigrants.Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:07:05 -0500

Jussie Smollett was taken into custody by police in Chicago early Thursday, three weeks after the 36-year-old Empire actor claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:18:58 -0500

Christopher Hasson allegedly compiled a list of targets including a number of Democratic politicians and left-leaning political commentators. The names on the list include Sen blumen jew and poca warren.Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:39:00 -0500

Beto O'Rourke may run for president. But Chuck Schumer is encouraging the former Texas congressman to run for the Senate against John Cornyn, who is up for reelection in 2020.Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:40:27 -0500

Nicholas Sandmann, the student seen in a "MAGA" hat confronting a Native American protester in Washington, D.C., is suing the Washington Post. And the president is cheering him on.Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:22:18 -0500

No sooner had President Trump announced that he was declaring a national emergency to secure billions in unspent funds to build a border wall than he began outlining the legal battle he expected the measure to face.Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:20:33 -0500

China has also invested heavily in advanced technologies in recent years, while also benefiting from economic espionage and copying U.S. designs, according to U.S. officials. Speaking at the U.S.-U.A.E.Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:17:01 -0500

Bernie Sanders opened his second bid for the White House by calling the president a liar, racist and xenophobe. Trump, for his part, has repeatedly referred to Sanders as Crazy Bernie.Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:30:42 -0500

It has been a year since former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for abusing more than 150 girls. But Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman is still coming to terms with the sexual abuse she experienced as a teenager.Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:10:37 -0500

I am asking you to join me today as part of an unprecedented and historic grassroots campaign that will begin with at least a million people from across the country, Sanders said in an email to supporters.Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:00:37 -0500

Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said Joe Biden is the only Democrat he thinks would be competitive in the 2020 election against President Trump. Joe will be able to perpetuate the image of Uncle Joe, and he is pleasant. Half this bunch in there right now is not qualified, Lott said of the current Democratic field.Tue, 19 Feb 2019 05:00:15 -0500

President Trump wasnt the only one disappointed by the spending deal, which allows $1.4 billion for the construction of new barriers along the border and gives funds to ICE to increase immigration detention capacity.Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:52:20 -0500

Rep. Marcia Fudge, who chairs the elections subcommittee, vowed that the record we compile will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that we still need the Voting Rights Act.Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:55:43 -0500

The Philippine health secretary said Monday that 136 people, mostly children, have died of measles and 8,400 others have fallen ill in an outbreak blamed partly on vaccination fears, according to the Associated Press.Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:55:58 -0500

Activists in Washington, Chicago and dozens of other U.S. cities protested on Monday's Presidents Day holiday against President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:47:13 -0500

As some states move to make late-term abortions for medical reasons easier to obtain, anti-abortion forces, aided by President Trump, are calling it infanticide. Parents who have had the procedure are pushing back and telling their stories.Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:10:58 -0500

Americans arent the only ones with strong feelings about President Trump. Protest art and other depictions have cropped up in countries like Indonesia, Serbia, France and Japan, mocking and belittling the U.S. leader.Mon, 18 Feb 2019 01:00:28 -0500

Patrick Hayward Caddell, a political pollster who advised several Democratic presidential candidates but became a pundit on conservative media late in his career, died Feb. 16 at age 68 from complications of a stroke.Sat, 16 Feb 2019 19:01:13 -0500

A U.S. Border Patrol agent listens from the front row as President Donald Trump declares a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border during remarks about border security in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 15, 2019. President Trumps rambling declaration of a national emergency, the intent of which was to fund a barrier along hundreds of miles on the U.S. border with Mexico, was filled with factual inaccuracies, misleading statements and contradictions. In his Rose Garden remarks on Friday, Trump repeated many of the same disproven claims he has made over the last several weeks about drug smuggling, human trafficking and other crime at the border.Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:12:04 -0500

The greatest man who ever lived died via the death penalty for you and me, State Sen. Lynn Hutchings, R-Cheyenne told the Casper Star-Tribune. If it wasnt for Jesus dying via the death penalty, we would all have no hope.Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:54:51 -0500

On Friday morning, President Trump declared a national emergency in order to secure funding for a border wall, triggering what will likely be a long legal battle before anything is built.Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:51:20 -0500

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams said Friday that voter suppression has to be considered the crisis of our day, a clear rebuke to Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border.Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:33:40 -0500

President Trump will sign the bipartisan funding bill pending in Congress and then declare a national emergency to build the border wall, the White House announced Thursday afternoon.Thu, 14 Feb 2019 16:38:34 -0500

Hundreds of thousands of students and adults across Florida and beyond observed a moment of silence Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 17 people dead.Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:11:34 -0500

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe says that after President Trump fired his boss, FBI Director James Comey, there were discussions within the Department of Justice about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:06:46 -0500

Pete Buttigieg would rather talk about his record as the two-term mayor of South Bend, Ind., than about his identity as the first openly gay man to seek the Democratic nomination.Thu, 14 Feb 2019 05:00:40 -0500

Omar suggested Americans would have reason to doubt Abrams testimony about the United States role in Venezuela. If I could respond to that, said Abrams. Im not going to respond to that question, Im sorry, said Abrams. Omar continued.Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:02:35 -0500